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| 12478675596 | Accent | The prominence or emphasis given to a syllable or word. In the word poetry, the accent (or stress) falls on the first syllable | 0 | |
| 12478693684 | Alexandrine | A line of poetry that has 12 syllables. | 1 | |
| 12478700574 | Alliteration | The repetition of the same or similar sounds at the beginning of words | 2 | |
| 12478714745 | Anapest | A metrical foot of 3 syllables | 3 | |
| 12478722589 | Antithesis | A figure of speech in which words and phrases with opposite meanings are balanced against each other. | 4 | |
| 12479640315 | Apostrophe | Words that are spoken to a person who is absent or imaginary, or to an object or abstract idea *Example: "O World, I cannot hold thee close enough | 5 | |
| 12479657992 | Assonance | The repetition or a pattern of similar sounds, especially vowel sounds, as in the tongue twister, "Moses supposes his toeses are roses" | 6 | |
| 12479673310 | Ballad | A poem that tells a story similar to a folk tale or legend and often has a repeated refrain. | 7 | |
| 12479713214 | Ballade | A type of poem, usually with three stanzas of seven, eight, or ten lines and a shorter final stanza (or envoy) of four or five lines. All stanzas end with the same one-line refrain. | 8 | |
| 12479720653 | Blank verse | Poetry that is written in unrhymed iambic pentameter | 9 | |
| 12479863169 | Caesura | A natural pause or break in a line of poetry, usually near the middle of the line. *Ex: "How do I love thee? Let me count the ways" | 10 | |
| 12479932303 | Canzone | A medieval Italian lyric poem with 5 or 6 stanzas and a shorter concluding stanza (or envoy) | 11 | |
| 12479944979 | Carpe Diem | The Latin phrase meaning "seize the day." | 12 | |
| 12479951585 | Chanson de geste | An epic poem of the 11th and 14th century, written in Old French, which details the exploits of a historical or legendary figure, especially Charlemagne. | 13 | |
| 12479953336 | Classicism | The principles and ideals of beauty that are characteristic of Greek and Roman art, architecture, and Literature | 14 | |
| 12479960279 | Conceit | A fanciful poetic image or metaphor that likens one thing to something else that is seemingly very different. | 15 | |
| 12479965716 | Consonance | The repetition of similar consonant sounds, especially at the ends of words, as in lost and past or confess and dismiss | 16 | |
| 12479973175 | Couplet | In a poem, a pair of lines that are the same length and usually rhyme and form a complete thought | 17 | |
| 12480059700 | Dactyl | A metrical foot of three syllables, one long (or stressed) followed by two short (or unstressed), as in happily. The dactyl is the reverse of the anapest. | 18 | |
| 12480067464 | Elegy | A poem that laments the death of a person, or one that is simply sad and thoughtful | 19 | |
| 12480127713 | Enjambment | The continuation of a complete idea (a sentence or clause) from one line or couplet of a poem to the next line or couplet without a pause. *Ex: I think that I shall never see/A poem as lovely as a tree | 20 | |
| 12480147877 | Envoy/Envoi | The shorter final stanza of a poem, as in a ballade | 21 | |
| 12480151300 | Epic | A long, serious poem that tells the story of a heroic figure | 22 | |
| 12480154465 | Epigram | A very short, witty poem | 23 | |
| 12480159694 | Epithalamium | A poem in honor of a bride and bridegroom. | 24 |
